STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Two convicted felons had easy cash on their minds Wednesday when they allegedly stole scrap metal from an abandoned building in Sea View.

Nicholas Mogavero, 49, of Charleston, and David Morrissey, 45, of Huguenot, were caught removing copper piping and other metals from an abandoned building on the grounds of Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, court records stated.

The pair loaded metals valued between $800 and $1,000 into a pickup truck, a law enforcement source said.

The suspects were charged with felony burglary, and misdemeanor counts of petit larceny, stolen-property possession, and possessing burglar’s tools. They’re also accused of a lesser count of trespass.

Mogavero, who lives on the 400 block of Sharrotts Road, previously served 13 years in prison for robbing and beating a man outside a Great Kills bar in 1988. At the time of that crime, he was on parole for a 1985 robbery.

Morrissey, a Stecher Street resident, previously was convicted of felony attempted grand larceny stemming from the theft of a tractor-trailer loaded with boxes of fruit in August 2006 in Mariners Harbor. He was sentenced to six months in jail and five years’ probation, according to the source.